Orb Weaver's Application

[New Horizon 539]

Received this very nice email from OrbWeaver.

 

Hi Dark Mod team,

 

I have been working on some assets for the Doom 3 engine, particularly

some mansion textures and models (which I believe you were looking for

a while ago), some samples of which are below.

 

http://img162.echo.cx/img162/990/shot157gs.jpg

http://img185.echo.cx/img185/7982/shot167an.jpg

http://img112.echo.cx/img112/2887/shot93hl.jpg

http://img112.echo.cx/img112/3328/shot63bj.jpg

 

I would be willing to lend some time to the Dark Mod as a texture

artist, modeller and/or mapper (depending on current requirements - in

my view these disciplines are inextricably entwined anyway), if this

would be helpful. Alternatively, if you have a need for assets but my

samples are not consistent with your requirements, please let me know

what sorts of changes/improvements would need to be made and I will

see what I can do.

 

Of course, I shall not be offended if you are already at capacity and

have no further need for contributors in this area... :-)

 

- OrbWeaver

[Springheel 4678]

The textures look a little low-res to me, but the chains look very good in that one screen. Any more model shots?

[New Horizon 539]

Yeah, they are low res for our needs but that can be changed. I've asked for some object shots in the reply email.

[OrbWeaver 664]

Hi all, thanks for your replies and your feedback.

 

I agree that the textures could use more detail (I assume this is what you mean by "low-res" - they are all 512x512 or more). I will work on distressing them somewhat, and adding some more finer detail, dirt & noise etc..

 

I am currently working on:

 

- More ornamentation for the corridor scenes - some columns, ceiling trims etc.

- Adding detail to the wall lights, renderbumping and skinning them properly, they are relatively low-detail at the moment which is why they are only shown far away

- New models w/ skins - I want some kind of font/fountain for the alcove area in the mansion shot, some more efficient chains/ropes for indoor use (those chains are about 3k polys per segment), and some railings and bannisters for mansion scenes.

 

I will post updates to these as and when I get them done. I am not sure what sort of timescales this will involve; I don't want to do a rush job but neither do I want to "miss the boat", so to speak.

Edited June 9, 2005 by OrbWeaver

[god_is_my_goldfish 1]

By low-res i think he is referring to the fact that they look like they are 128x128 or 64x64. (mostly from the blurriness and "stretched" look) That's what they look like to me at least.

[Renzatic 12]

Orb, I remember seeing you post that hardwood floor on D3W and it looked a helluva lot better than that. The one you're showing here looks like it's been blurred hardcore.

[OrbWeaver 664]

Orb, I remember seeing you post that hardwood floor on D3W and it looked a helluva lot better than that. The one you're showing here looks like it's been blurred hardcore.

You are right, they do actually look pretty blurry in those screenshots. I am not sure if it is poor lighting, JPEG compression or the fact that I took them from the editor rather than the main game, so stuff like anisotropic filtering may not have been in effect.

 

I will go back and take them again from the main game at full resolution with high graphics options enabled, and see if they look any better.

 

EDIT: Racked up my graphics settings and tooks some more, which are a lot less blurred (I think it was image_anisotropy which was set to 1, should have been 8).

 

http://img235.echo.cx/img235/5589/shot000178ut.jpg

http://img296.echo.cx/img296/3351/shot000187qw.jpg

http://img300.echo.cx/img300/7607/shot000206im.jpg

Edited June 10, 2005 by OrbWeaver

[OrbWeaver 664]

I was wondering if it is possible to postpone my application. The standards of this mod are exceptionally high and I think it would be necessary to spend some time developing my skills to the point where I can make a meaningful contribution, rather than wasting people's time with "average" work.

 

Good luck with your mod, and I hope I will be able to join you at a later date.

Edited June 24, 2005 by OrbWeaver

[sparhawk 17]

Sure. Why not? It's a free project after all.

[OrbWeaver 664]

Some model shots as requested:

 

http://img281.echo.cx/img281/8379/odrailing7hf.jpg

http://img110.echo.cx/img110/1320/musrope6ha.jpg

 

(The rope comes out slightly better in game, the screenshot is only 1024x768 with no AA so the "twisted rope" effect is reduced slightly).

[Fingernail 59]

Those are quite neat, although the texture on the first is a little bland. However, they are quite the type of small objects we need done to pack out missions with.

[OrbWeaver 664]

Those are quite neat, although the texture on the first is a little bland.

Fair point - I was originally intending to make it a lot rougher but I kind of liked the way it came out and stuck with it. It would be a five-minute job to change, though.

[OrbWeaver 664]

A couple more models...

 

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5650/chair8xi.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/446/chairhi5vo.jpg (High-poly rendering of chair model)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2198/table3tg.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9382/tablehi0pi.jpg(High-poly table model, vertex cols but no skin)

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7587/scene6wq.jpg

 

Apologies for somewhat low-res screenshots, I cannot get D3 to take them in anything other than 1024x768 without AA (even if graphics mode is higher).